Public Research Resources

Make hip hop music using the Library of Congress’s public audio collections.

Listen to relaxing music, ambient atmospheres and astonishing sound effects. Or, create your own atmospheric sound mix, online and for free.

A new immersive experience, the album is a collection of audio landscapes that evoke some of the sounds of New York City.

Immerse yourself in the aural landscape of America's first national park. The files available here were recorded in the park and are in the public domain.

The world’s premier scientific archive of natural history audio, video, and photographs.

Discover and listen to an online archive of cylinder recordings and learn about how these sounds and songs create an audio history of American culture.